| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | “It Is I: Be Not Afraid” | | John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | | WHEN I sink down in gloom or fear, | |
| Hope blighted or delayed, | |
| Thy whisper, Lord, my heart shall cheer, | |
| “’Tis I: be not afraid!” | |
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| Or, startled at some sudden blow, | 5 |
| If fretful thoughts I feel, | |
| “Fear not, it is but I!” shall flow, | |
| As balm my wound to heal. | |
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| Nor will I quit Thy way, though foes | |
| Some onward pass defend; | 10 |
| From each rough voice the watchword goes, | |
| “Be not afraid!… a friend!” | |
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| And O! when judgment’s trumpet clear | |
| Awakes me from the grave, | |
| Still in its echo may I hear, | 15 |
| “’Tis Christ! He comes to save.” | | | | |
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